Scouring pad and process of manufacturing the same



Jan. 8, 1952 L, C, ABRAHAM 2,581,779

SCOURING PAD AND PROCESS 0F MANUFACTURING THE SAME' Filedy July 16, 1947 3 Sheets-Sheet 1 Jan. 8, 1952 L. c. ABRAHAM scouRING PAD AND PRocEss oF MANUFACTURING THE SAME 3 Sheets-Sheet 2 Filed July 16, 1947 Jan. 8, 1952 L, Q ABRAHAM 2,581,779

SCOURING PAD AND PROCESS F MANUFACTURING THE SAME Filed J uly 16, 1947 5 Sheets-Sheet -3 Patented Jan. 8, 1952 SCOURQGTAD ANDPKOCESSOF U-FCTURING 'THE -SikMl y LewisiGrowfordLAbra-ham, Auderghem-Brussels-,- Belgium Applieztiniiuuiy 16, 1947,' seri'srNn. '7615319 Y fny 'Belgiumfoctober 28, 111.940y

Section; lgiirbl'c Law 690, August81946. Patent expires Bomben-28, rL96()- The presentinvention. relates Ytofa scouring 'pad having a greater ease of. .manipulation 'and a long life, compared .with oriinaiysciriiigipads.

r'I'hese'advantages are obtained'by inakii'g the vscour-ing Vpad a two`1bfed "forni, of' a figure eight, one lobe of. which servesa's 'afhaiie to hold .the pad vrirly while scrubbing Vwith the other f1obe, the latter, when lworn-cut, 'being 'then us'ed'asa handle, thev scrubbing being then p'erformedLwith the 'rst'lbe.

The pad is made preferably` of tiibularmeshwoiikzor, wire.nettin`gr11'e up to ail anuius'and constrictedat its Arriildle portion, to 'fr'ni the two lobes, by suitablewmeaiis, such as a ligature, 'a ring, a beadretcwo'r advantageously-'also'by 'welding or soldering. y

In the case of welding or sidering,"thismay serve rnoreover to iix'. to th'erpgd', inthe same operation, a 'label' Vand de's'ie'a lIietalii'c bond connecting a whole seresofpads in a row, wherebyft'rie manufacturing process 'is`c0ns`c`ie`rab1y s'i'mpiiied.

Incase the `pad'is constricte by inea'ns 'of' a ring, this may have lthe form' o` a thick an'd broad annllus, or iff' a 'large beapla'ce 0h the pad and' which may seive as "a be'aringifor `the fingers holding/the p'a'd bfy 'one OI" its ilobes.

"The ring can 'aise 'be used' foriest'ening'tothe Vpa' aia-bel 'and 'foi' 'connecting a Series cfpads in 'a row .by means ofastringor Vaivi/irepassing through vthe rings 'ofsafd'ipads 'Thefi'oliowiilg description JO'fv'th'e annxed'rawings; given 'by 'way of exarripl'e',fwi11 ciearly 'eX'- pla'ili the manner tiii Whichthe'inventinean 'be performei.

Figure `1 is 'a 'front 'View of 'an eight-'shaped scouring'p'ad, constrictebyweldir'rg;

FigureZ is a side 'View of the 'same pad.

Figures 3 to .Sere diagrammatic views on a reduc-ed sca-1e of'th''s 'pad at different manufactur- 'ing stages.

Figure 9 shows a modified ietree-t1tieny f the welded orsoideredfpad.

Figure 10 is a front view of a pad constricted by means of a thin ring, in theiorm ofanfa'nniiius.

Figures 12 andlflB show :diagrammatically the manner fin which the ringv of .a pad according to Figure AIY isplaced on the paci.

Figures 14 and 15 are, respectively, a fro'rtview and' 'a longitudinal section of a, pad' coin'po'snedY of two blanks located on'e within 'the other.

Figure 1T-is a front viewpf apadwitha bulging middle portion,

Figures i and 2. show clearly the two-'lobed form oi" the scouring pari a andshowhow easily the pad can be 'irmly 'hel in 'a 'hand 'by one of its lobes b as ,ia handle, permitting rubbing, with the 'other iobe, the 'objects-to be scoured. Itis also obviousithat, as the "Iobe which "is 'heid in the hand is not subjected to wear, itrca'n be 'used in Iits turrnfor 'rubbing when the -irst` lb'e of the pad Ahas become worn.` 1n this-way therelisiafctuaily obtained twopads'in one.

Accord-ingr to lthe preferred: method of Lmami-- facture, shown 'in r".Fi'gures- 3"to18,- the pad is made trom-a sectio'nof lt'ubuifar--metallie knit work -u A(shown in :longitud-inailsection in Figures f3, e and 5) both ends of vinf-hic'iiareiroileeifupienthem-- seilves until the Louter rolls ali, u2, thus `ieriried, ijoi'n together "(Figure 4) Whereafter the relis are turned il-iw'ard (Figure 5). Inthiswayth'ere ifs-iobtainedha 'biank 2in the 'fi-oem r-o'fi a yturbari or annulusv (Figure 6I), which then is pinched between two welding .electrodes `c (Figure 7i) .for constrictingit at the middie portion :and estab,- -ishingthe xweird d between the'iobes b. e

'The Weldingican-:beiby fusionorsoldering. Advantageo-usiy zit willi. :serve also :for 4fixing itc the pad, lin fthe :same operation, a .labele @of paper, iof tabric Aor i of'ianother fmateriai, bearing 'for v:exam-- ple .a trade mfarkfrand/or :other.indicatorrmand aseontinuous metal strip f (Figure 8) connecting successively V:rnanni-acinired tpads jin ra rrow. `The label :e yis iplaced 'Seither Ainside the ipad, .between the sides of the iarmuiufs whichk are .joined by welding. for' soldering, or on :the .outside'betwe'en the pad-and thefmetal strip y `weidedy or soldered to the pad. It 'will only be necessary :to tear the thl'fn :metal striprbetween. the :pads :it iis desired toseparat'e the .latter for-separately selling them. Thel two-lobed sh'apefof `the-,pad,permits suspending item a mail, -hoo1e,;etc., without thenecessity of providing it with asuspensionirinafeither of ther lobes serving this purpose.

'According to the modified form lshown .in Eigure 9 the annular tblank is twisted at lits middle portion, .sol that .its :sides lwill cross each other in'- stead of being simply juxtaposed, as in the tore-'- going example, thecrossedsides being welded or soldered toeachotherfat d1. p y

-It is also possible -to `constrict the lmiddle -portion `of ,the .pad by means of a tie, `or otherwise,

instead'of .weldingor soldering rit,

For' manufacturing the pad a shown in Figure 10, which is constricted between its lobes b by means of a wire ring y, a blank rolled up to an annulus is flattened for introducing its middle portion between the arms of a die h, a cross section of which is shown in Figure v12. This die, which is U-shaped, presents on the inside of its arms a, groove i into which is introduced, over the pad blank a, a U-shaped wire g. By means of a stamping device j the blank a and the wire y are forced into the die, the blank being thereby constricted, whereas the arms of the wire are bent 4 which noms the lobe serving as a handle, with the fingers resting on the bulge 0.

A similar bulge can be provided, by the same means, on the pads composed of two blanks, as for instance those shown in Figures 14 to 16.

Though the use of rings is preferable for constrictingthe pads, it is obvious that the rings can be replaced, in each case, by ties, welds, soldering along the curvature oi the groovei until they join together under the blank a (Figure 13).

Thus, the constriction of the middle portion of the pad and the placing of the ring g around this constricted portion are performed in a single operation.

The U-shaped wires can be produced from a continuous wire brought over the die h, where the wire is cut oi. and brought to the form of a U by means or" a mechanism similar to that of a brush making machine. This mechanism and that which actuates the stamp j can be connected to each other in such a manner as to render automatic the production of the U wires, the Vconstriction of the. pad and the placing of the ring. j y

If desired, a plurality of rings can be placed on the constricted portion of the pad.

The ring can also be at and thinner than the ring g shown in Figure 10, or it can be made broaderl and thicker, thereby being in the form of a large bead 1c, as shown by way of a modied example in Figure 11. If desired a wooden 4bead in the form of a ball; an oval knob or an- .other form can be used for this purpose. If it is Aof sufficient volume it will have the advantage of making the pad buoyant. Y

In the example shown in Figures 14 and 15 the pad a, which is constricted between the lobes .b by means of a ring g, has added thereto a' second f gpad Z which is of similar shape but is of smaller size and the lobes m of which ll up the hollow within the central portion of the lobes b. For

manufacturing this pad,two tubular blanks of wire-mesh or wire-netting are placed crosswise, one into the other, and are constricted at their middle portion by means of a ring g. In` the finished pad no hollow will appear, the hollow at the center of the lobes b being filled up by the lobes m, whereas the hollow within these latter is concealed by the lobes b, due to the crosswise disposition of the two blanks. Thus, there is obtained a well stuffed pad which is capable of this way has the advantage of affording a larger middle portion a bulge o between its two lobes i b", and constricted at two places, instead of one, by two rings g. This imparts to the pad a rmer consistency and offers a better grip to the hand or other convenient pad constricting means. Obviously, other modifications can be: applied, with respect to the forms of execution and to the other details which have been described and shownV by way of example only.

I claim:

1. A' method of making a scouring pad comprising rolling upon itself from both ends inwards a tubular section of wire net thus forming two adjoining rolls, turning said rolls inside out, constricting the annulus thus obtained, and securing it at the constriction.

2. In a method of making a scouring pad as claimed in claim V1, constricting said annulus substantially across its diameter, thereby forming a pad having two lobes of equal size.

3. In a method as claimed in claim 1, constricting said annulus at two Apoints symmetrically located with respect to its diameter, thereby forming a pad having two lobes of equal size and a bulging portion therebetween.

4. In a method as claimed in claim 1, twisting the annulus to the shape of a figure eight and then securing it at the constriction.

5. In a method as claimed in claim l, soldering the annulus at the constriction.

6. In a method as claimed in claim 1, fitting a metal ring around said constriction thereby securing same.

'1. A method of making a scouring pad comprising rolling upon itself from both sides inwards a section of tubular metal net thus forming two adjoining rolls, turning said rolls inside out thus obtaining an annulus, repeating the y same operation with a second section of tubular metal net thus obtaining a second annulus, placing said annuli together, constricting them and securing them together at their constriction.

8. In a method as claimed in claim 7, placing the second annulus within the rst annulus before constricting and securing them together.

9. A scouring pad made of wire net, said pad comprising a rolled annulus formed of a section of tubular net wound upon itself from both ends and forming two adjoining rolls, the ends of said tubular net being on the inside of said annulus and said rolls being joined on the outside of said annulus by a substantially straight strip of said tubular net forming an envelope protecting said rolls, and constricting means securing said envelope in a position preventing unrolling of the inner portion of the tubular net. l

LEWIS CROWFORD ABRAHAM.

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UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 1,482,016 Kingman Ja-n. 29, 1924 1,853,542 Bradford Apr. 12, 1932 1,963,529 Protz June 19, 1934 FOREIGN PATENTS Number Country Date 414,099 Germany May 27, 1925 

